Cultural evolution: The case of babies' first names

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 406, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-144

  Xi, Ning ^a   Zhang, Zi Ke ^b,c   Zhang, Yi Cheng ^a,c,d   Ge, Zehui ^e   She, Li ^c   Zhang, Kui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e University of Science and Technology Beijing   (China)

Author keywords

Individual preference; Inequality; Simpson's index; Social influence

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EMPIRICAL FEATURES; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; INDIVIDUAL CHOICE; INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE; INEQUALITY; SIMPSON'S INDEX; SOCIAL INFLUENCE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84897479542     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.03.042     Document Type: Article

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